Three Men Steal Three Motorcycles, Other Items

Three Men Steal Three Motorcycles, Other Items

Howard County police say they have charged three men for
stealing three motorcycles and several other items.

Police say they have charged 21-year-old Luis M.
Ramos-Vasquez and 34-year-old Bartholomew Brazoban. Both men are from Silver
Spring. They have also charged 30-year-old Assad Alfa, of Elkridge.

All men have been charged with three counts of theft and
three counts of unlawful taking of a motor vehicle.

According to police, officers were dispatched to the 7700
block of English Oak Circle, Elkridge, after a caller reported that he had seen
several men walking around his motorcycle around 2 .m. Thursday. The motorcycle
owner then yelled at the men, telling them that he would be calling police, and the men fled in a silver minivan.

When patrol officers arrived at the scene about 25 minutes
later, they received a report from a Prince GeorgeÆs County resident, stating
that his motorcycle had just been stolen and that a GPS he had installed on the
motorcycle was pinging near the same area where the men had just been.

Police say officers then searched the area for the suspects.

Around 6 a.m., police say they saw an Acura parked in front
of a residence in the 7700 block of Valley Oak Drive that had not been there
earlier. The driver of the vehicle, later identified as Ramos-Vasquez, matched
a suspect description that was provided by the first caller from English Oak
Circle. The vehicle also contained a passenger, later identified as Brazoban.

Authorities say the officers searched the vehicle and found
a broken GPS inside of a bag. The owner of the motorcycle stolen in Prince
GeorgeÆs County identified the GPS as the one from his motorcycle.

Officers then contacted the owner of the townhouse in the
7700 block of Valley Oak Drive, where the Acura had been parked, police say.

A further investigation revealed that a silver Nissan Quest
minivan had been parked in the garage at that residence. Three stolen
motorcycles as well as various vehicle parts were also found there.

All three men were then arrested. They are currently being
held at the Howard County Detention Center.